I-210 and the Gold Line

My daily walk/bike ride to Caltech takes me over the I-210 freeway—all twelve lanes of it. Our housemate loves to shout "Suckers!" over the traffic when it's bumper-to-bumper. (But of course we do drive, mostly on weekend/evening trips, and the fast connection to LA is nice.)

Sandwiched in the middle of the freeway is the Los Angeles County metro Gold Line; in the distance you can see the Lake Avenue station, which opened in 2003. It's encouraging to see the rate at which Los Angeles is building a subway, and people do use it: the trains are packed at rush hour.

Looking at this scene, I can't help but imagine breaking up the pavement and constructing a vast linear park/farm. Maybe when we run out of oil.

Wilson Blvd, my walk to school

After crossing over the freeway, the scenery on my walk to school improves dramatically. Here's the walk down Wilson Blvd.